City Museum, STL Fun

We recently took a weekend trip to St Louis and spent time at the fantastic City Museum. Rick and I agree its some of the best family fun we've had. We spent 6 hrs along side the girls climbing, sliding, and laughing. The girls got to do some painting, and we even saw an acrobatic circus. The video is from the skateless skate park section of the museum, where the girls spent a lot of time challenging themselves physically.






That's Naomi in pink climbing down the tube.

Fiona on the Sled

Holly in Pink

Last week while Delaney was in Alabama visiting, Holly came by and hung out with us for a bit. She is so very sweet & cuddly. We just love having two little granddaughters!

Fiona's Varied Expressions

The other day Fiona was outside riding her bike & I brought the camera out. Fiona loves to take photos, so I let her do a couple. In the second photo she is asking me to let her take "just one more"...in the last one she is mad at me because I said no. The photo captures her disappointment.

First Snow of 2009...Hurrah!

They said it would be more than 2 inches, but we weren't really expecting much. Then...the flakes came and kept coming! Enough to cancel church, enough to cover everything in beauty.

It's OUTTA THERE!

Naomi was at school Tuesday in circle time and the teacher was asking if anybody had lost a tooth. One kid was telling about his, when Naomi said "Here's one right now!" She had just pulled it out.

Winter Days in Collierville

Cuddle-Bug Fiona loves to lie close to Daddy whenever she can. She will watch basketball, football or Seinfeld with him. Or, she will hold down the fort while he catches some zzzzzzz's.

Cameron brought his Momma flowers last Sunday when he arrived for our weekly family dinner. He does this occasionally and it always makes me smile. Guess he loves me!

The girls want to get creative since we are spending a lot of time indoors. Here they are expressing their Monet mood.

More Photos from Last Week

Here are a few more photos of Gma & Gpa's visit last week. Fiona was always bringing a book over and asking one of them to read to her. She loves books.

Fiona took a real liking to Gpa Bob, and his ear was what she wanted a lot of the time!

Adam's family joined us when we went to Beale St. for lunch. Then we walked them down the block, but none of us could shake the "skuzzy" feeling that Beale St. gives us. It really does represent the city of Memphis well!
Gma & Gpa pose with Fiona along the Mighty Mississippi in Tom Lee Park. That is the famous, but abandoned, Pyramid in the background. Another mis-managed Memphis landmark.

Fiona

When Gma & Gpa were here we went into a shop on Beale St. where Fiona found herself a fitting hat. She has the personality to wear a hat like that. She is such a fun/funny/tough/strong-willed little girl. We love her so much!

Cameron Had A Birthday...

Cameron turned 22 recently. Happy Birthday Cam! He and Carolyn came over and shared pizza with us. He got to order his birthday present online that night from Amazon. He chose 2 seasons of some show he loves. Something about Ninjas I think...Here he is getting ready to blow out his candles on the cake. WE LOVE YOU CAMERON.

Walking on the Boardwalk

Grandma & Grandpa were here last week and we took them to as many fun places as we could think of. Here are some photos of the day we went on the boardwalk out to the Wolf River. We had a beautiful day with the wind blowing a little bit so nobody got too hot. When we were done walking we went to Arbys for some lunch.

Hi Ryan

Hey Ryan, up there in New Jersey...Naomi wants to know if you can do this?

Do you want to join us for dinner soon? We miss you and we pray for you!
Love, Omi and Ona

Girls, Girls Everywhere

The kids came over last night for Mom's tasty chicken enchiladas. There were no leftovers. The girls were running around here, wrestling with Adam, dancing and doing flips. And Holly was giving out cuddles. I got them to sit down for 15 seconds so I could snap a few photos.

My Lil Amish Granddaughter

Holly's Special Day

On a happy note...Holly Francis Mallory was blessed at church today! Lindsey's parents and her two sisters, as well as two little nephews who live in AZ all drove up from Birmingham for the weekend and Holly's big day. She was angelic in her beautiful blessing gown. Adam's blessing was touching. Trying to recall it now, I do remember that he blessed her to have a meek spirit and to surround herself with people who would be good examples to her. Adam, Grandpa Rick, Grandpa James, Great Uncle Ken Mendoza were all in the circle. Holly didn't make a peep. Afterwards we went to have lunch at Red Robin together. Then Holly, Delaney and Lindsey drove back down to Birmingham to spend the week with her family. We will miss them, but we know how important it is to let the girls bond with everybody who loves them so much. Keep checking Lindsey's blog for photos of them and Holly in her blessing gown. I know she mentioned they took photos today.

Water Bugs

I haven't been taking many photos lately...I don't know why. Maybe because we've been spending a lot of time indoors and I don't find much interesting to shoot. So here are two of my favorites from the recent bowl game in FL. The girls wanted to go to the outdoor pool every chance they could. I'm telling you, they are water-bugs!